Category Archives for "Frugal Living"

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A few months ago, I was reading an article by my friend Sheryl Kraft on why staying healthy takes more than exercise. One of the tips she mentioned was swapping your desk chair for a Swiss ball or a standing desk. I’d read about standing desks before and I found a more in depth article […]

This weekend I got an invitation to join Google +. If you haven’t heard about it yet, it is Google’s attempt to woo us all away from wasting our time on Facebook to wasting our time on Google + instead. One feature of Google + is called Sparks. In Sparks, you choose an interest you […]

A few years ago, Frugal Man needed some decent looking shoes to wear on a business trip. All his dressier shoes were well past it, so, given that he rarely needs dressy shoes he thought a cheapish pair from the No. 1 Shoe Warehouse would do just fine. For anyone not from New Zealand, you […]

Organization of your super efficient chest fridge is key to sticking with it in the long term. The good news is that I’ve been surprised at how little fuss it has been living with ours since we’ve gotten it up and running. Each level is easily removed to access the next one down, with some […]